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vUNITED STATES PATENT VILLIAM A. LEMON AND WILLIAM H. OTTO, OF OINCINNATL, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,067, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed May 3, 190,2.- Serial No. l05,319. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, WILLIAM A. LEMON and WILLIAM H. OTTO, citizens of the United States, residing` at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and Vuseful Improvements in Shaving- Mugs, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to shaving-mugs; and the purpose of the present improvement is to provide a device of this class. which is absolutely sanitary, inasmuch as it can beV thoroughly flushed aft-er each usage and fully remove any sediment or` slime that may accumulate under the cake of soap which is held suspended and movably supported.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shaving-mug embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of a modified form of soap holder or support.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several Views.

The numeral 1 designates a hollow cupbody preferably cylindrical in form and open at both ends. The lower end of the said body is loosely disposed in and freely removable from a lower tra5r 2, having a surrounding upstanding flange 3 and provided with radial ribs 4, on which the bottom of the body rests. The body 1 has an intermediate grip or 11andle 5 and a central circumferential outstruck bead 6 to form an inner concave seat 7. A soap-holding rod or support 8, with opposite reduced terminals 9, is disposed within the body 1 and has the said terminals loosely engaging the seat 7, this soap-holding rod or support being freely applicable to and removable from the `seat through the medium of the inclined outstruck `short bead 10, which is vertically disposed.VV `A cake 11 of soap is mounted on the rod 8 and suspended within the body l, as clearly shown by Figs. 2 and 3, the said soap being freely movable in view of the loose application of the rod or support therefor to permit different portions of the same to be brought under the brush in forming lather, and thereby economize in the use of the soap as well as reduce the same regularly.

A modified form of the soap-holding rod or support is shown by Fig. 4 and comprises a rod 12, having opposite reduced terminals 13 and intermediate radial projections 14,a'round which the soap is adapted to be molded and be thereby held against movement on the rod.

It is preferred to form the parts of the device of suitable sheet metal and. plate the same or in finer grades to construct the body 1, tray 2, and the soap-holding rod of silver. It is obvious that any suitable material may be used, and it is preferred that the opposite open ends of the body be surrounded by a bead or like blunt formation to overcome the presence of sharp edges.

In the use of the improved mug or cup the brush is inserted in the upper open end and vibratedover the soap to form a lather, as in the ordinary methods, and the drippings from the soap will fall into the tray below and in the spaces between the ribs 4. When it is desired to clean the mug or cup, the body l may be removed from the tray and freely flushed by permitting water to run therethrough to clean the same and dissolve all sediment or accumulation therein. The tray also may be readily cleaned, and thus the improved device as an entirety may be kept in au absolute sanitary condition.

The preferred form of the improved. cup or mug has been shown and described; but it is obvious that changes in the form, size, proportions, and minor details may be resorted to Without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new isy 1. Ashaving-mug comprising ahollow bod open at both ends and having soap-suspending means therein, and a trayin which the said body is removably disposed.

2. Ashaving-mugcomprisingahollowbody open at both ends and having soap-suspending means therein, and a tray having ribs on which the body rests.

3. Ashaving-mugcomprisingahollowbody open at both ends, a soap -holding means IOO feren-tial bead, and a shorter bead intersecting the former bead, a soap-holding rod movi movably and detachably held Within the body, and a tray on which one end of the body rests. ably and detaehably engaging the said bead, l5

4. Ashaving-mugoomprisingahollow body and a lowel1 support for' the body. 5 open at both ends formed With a eireumfel- In testimony whereof we affix our signa-l ential bead at an intermediate point, a soaptures in presence of two Witnesses. holdlng device having` the opposite terminals WILLIAM A. LEMON. said bead, and a tray in which the said body vo' rests. Witnesses:

CHAS. M. HEPBURN, MERRILL O. SLUTES.

5. A-shaving-mug comprising a hollow body open at opposite endsJ formed with a circumthereof removably and movably engaging the WILI IAM H OTTO 

